I’m using an Allen & Heath CQ-12T mixer and I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible to have my in-ear mix completely separate from the main (front-of-house) mix — including independent EQ, effects, and levels.
I’m only using one microphone, so I’m wondering: do I need to split the mic signal with a cable, or can this be handled internally by the mixer?
I’m also using the built-in Bluetooth input, and I’d like to know if it can be routed separately — for example, so that the Bluetooth signal only goes to my in-ears (or only to the main mix), without one affecting the other.
I know this can be done on some other mixers, but with the CQ series it seems a bit tricky — or maybe it’s just not possible?
The only workaround would be to use an output to send only the microphone channel externally/analogously back to an input, but this involves additional latency.
If you switch in your in-ear output to “Pre Fader”, you can send also your Bluetooth signal to the in-ear or/and main mix completely independently.
I have a CQ18T where we added a splitter so that our IEM mix is totally independent from FoH. So our monitor settings are always the same also when we work with different FoH sound engineers.
I’d love a rundown of what you did here. I’m in the same boat, currently running 5 iems with the CQ18t but I know at some point a gig will appear with a FOH that doesn’t want to run our cq, but I’ll still need it for IEM mixes and tracks.
It’s straight forward; you just integrate a splitter. You can do it yourself or ask the CQ vendor to do this. See front below. We hardly use the display on the device; only for switching off. All configuration goes via the iPad.
